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Climate campaigners are blocking roads and defacing artworks. But is anyone listening?

The discovery of boy king Tutankhamun’s tomb 100 years ago sparked an international wave of Tutmania. Yet the find’s lasting legacy is its reminder of our common humanity

The government’s Brexit policy has devastated the sector – and opened up a £7bn black hole in public finances

The World Cup should spark anticipation and joy. But, says one reporter who has covered 12 tournaments, the prospect of Qatar brings only corruption and misery

The human cost of the World Cup has been far too high and it would be disrespectful to pretend otherwise

Which European nations are refusing to, as requested by the current Fifa president Gianni Infantino, "focus on the football"

It's a falsehood being peddled by the government at its own peril

Climate campaigners are blocking roads and defacing artworks. But is anyone listening?

The logic of a British passport is sound enough. But, it underlines how much we have lost for the little we have gained

The Sun king has not returned numerous calls from the former prime minister since he left office

The Sunday Times ran a column which will have caused discomfort for Lord Rothermere

Margaret Thatcher would not have made much of the former health secretary's claim to be a celebrity

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Germany and France have spent decades falling out and making up. But new isolationism in Berlin and decline in Paris make their latest feud serious

The discovery of boy king Tutankhamun’s tomb 100 years ago sparked an international wave of Tutmania. Yet the find’s lasting legacy is its reminder of our common humanity

The government’s Brexit policy has devastated the sector – and opened up a £7bn black hole in public finances

After two world wars, a genocide and two dictatorships, there is no shortage of reasons for commemoration in Germany. And yet there is

Xi Jinping has made himself president for life. Yet he may be about to lead his nation into catastrophe

Trump will soon join a political graveyard littered with tombstones of those who underestimated Joe Biden

Seaside towns like Skegness are yet to experience the 'merits' of Brexit and levelling up just isn't cutting it

In an attempt to save his image, what other shows could the former health secretary make all about him?

Football can often serve as an entry point to learning more about the history, politics and architecture of a country, city or village

Another World Cup means another official song of the tournament

The World Cup should spark anticipation and joy. But, says one reporter who has covered 12 tournaments, the prospect of Qatar brings only corruption and misery

Largely unheralded during her lifetime, Slovakian sculptor Mária Bartuszová is now hailed for her richly feminine visual language

A collage exposing the dark heart of the British countryside gets a musical makeover. But what will the Europeans make of it?

A transfixing reflection on the plight of asylum seekers should be at the top of Suella Braverman’s watch list

The prestigious French award is a reliable source of controversy

The fundamental problem with this musical is that it just doesn’t really have any memorable music

Amy Trigg’s play about life with spina bifida is a tremendous piece of writing and acting, but repeats are for television

Late squash is a welcome source of nourishment and sustenance. Try it with sage, chilli, lemon and pecorino

The arrival of the Anglo-Saxons pushed what was once Britain’s dominant language into three unconnected regions

Nobody stuck a poster of Niels Bohr, wild-haired and with his tongue out, on their wall, but the Dane did as much for expanding the range of scientific knowledge in the modern age as Albert Einstein

Britain is no longer fit for purpose. It should voluntarily become a colony of India